You can also build a tower that will crush most games with out problem for probably around 1k. You don't even need to get a 600 series or comparable card. That crap is just expensive and largely necessary. Unless of course you have money coming out your behind, or apparently, if you live in Scandinavia.

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Depends on your preferences.

You'll never be able to completely max out demanding games with min 60 FPS using anything less than the GTX 6xx GPUs.

I have GTX 580 right now, overclocked to an absurdly high level, and can confirm what I'm talking about with benchmarks and so on.

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I run most games totally maxed at more than 60 fps with my 570 card, which has 2.5GB onboard ram, and cost 200 dollars less than your new card. With out vsync I get upwards of 100 fps on some games.

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lol

That obviously depends on what games you play. I get several hundred FPS in certain games. Try Metro 2033 maxed out, try Battlefield 3 maxed out, try Far Cry 3 maxed out. Those games puts the best GPUs to the test. The amount of FPS you get varies a lot from game to game. This is also very related to what preference you have and settings you use. When you play games such as WoW, you'll be fine with old GPU's. When you want to max out the most demanding games with a desired amount of FPS (60 in my case) and high resolution, then you'll need the highest end cards.

As far as Jacob is concerned, he doesn't need an SSD or an expensive GPU to be able to enjoy whatever game he wants to play. Besides when you get into the higher end cards, the difference is mostly theoretical, since it doesn't actually impact the game much, if at all.(talking about insane high FPS, obviously if you are getting sub 30 it kinda sucks) FPS is just a buzzterm used to get us to spend insane amounts of money on new GPUs every year when in reality a decent card should last you quite a few just fine.

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I easily notice the difference between 30 and 60 FPS - 30 FPS ruin the gaming experience for me.

You'll get screen tearing when the FPS is not synced using V-sync.

This is how V-sync works on a 60hz Monitor/TV irrelevant of what FPS monitor apps says (such as fraps):

The problem with turning VSync on is that the framerate is locked to multiples of 60. If the framerate drops even just a little below 60 FPS VSync will drop all the way from 60 FPS to 30 FPS. This is a huge drop in framerate, and that large change in framerate becomes noticeable to the gamer. The result is called stuttering, and when you are playing a game that consistently changes between only 30 and 60 FPS, the game speeds up and slows down and you feel this difference and it distracts from the gameplay experience. What's worse is that if the framerate drops ever so slightly below 30 FPS the next step down for VSync is 20 FPS, and then the next step down is 15 FPS.

I know that's what you like, but you need to realize that Jacob came in here with a specific budget, and not everyone has your money to throw at things. Like I said, there's necessary and desireables. Almost all of your preferences fall into the desireables category, so it's not really fair to go recommending them to other people without respecting the fact that, as I said earlier, they do not have the expendable cashflow that you enjoy. You are, by all means, free to do whatever you want with your money, but it's important to know that nearly comparable results can be achieved with much less cash, and seeing as how Jacob isn't in Norway, I thought it'd be fair to put up a counter argument letting him know that you don't need to spend several thousand dollars on a tower in order to play games that run great and look nice

I know that's what you like, but you need to realize that Jacob came in here with a specific budget, and not everyone has your money to throw at things. Like I said, there's necessary and desireables. Almost all of your preferences fall into the desireables category, so it's not really fair to go recommending them to other people without respecting the fact that, as I said earlier, they do not have the expendable cashflow that you enjoy. You are, by all means, free to do whatever you want with your money, but it's important to know that nearly comparable results can be achieved with much less cash, and seeing as how Jacob isn't in Norway, I thought it'd be fair to put up a counter argument letting him know that you don't need to spend several thousand dollars on a tower in order to play games that run great and look nice

It might be worth taking a few days off running until you feel a bit better. Hydrate, take some meds (painkillers or cold med, either/or) and just let your body rest a bit. Sometimes that's the best thing you can do instead of pushing too hard.

It might be worth taking a few days off running until you feel a bit better. Hydrate, take some meds (painkillers or cold med, either/or) and just let your body rest a bit. Sometimes that's the best thing you can do instead of pushing too hard.

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yea, I think you're right. though I have a really hard time not running, ha ha ha